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Texas bishop deplores ICE detention of nun (USA Today)
Posted on 07/2/2026 07:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detained and released Sister Leticia Ugboaja on June 28.
“It is clear that Homeland Security enforcement protocols that make it possible for a religious sister, or anyone, to be detained and handcuffed while peacefully walking to church on a Sunday morning are wildly disturbing and need to be reformed,” said Bishop Flores.
Dubai's Catholic churches fully reopen after 3 months of restrictions (Khaleej Times)
Posted on 07/2/2026 07:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the authorities, who have carefully watched over our safety during a particularly delicate time and have now deemed that the moment has come for the full resumption of Christian life in our parish communities,” said Bishop Paolo Martinelli, vicar apostolic of Southern Arabia.
After 150 years, Norway's largest Catholic church is finally consecrated (EWTN News)
Posted on 07/2/2026 07:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Saint Paul’s Catholic Church in Bergen opened in the 1870s. The church was not consecrated at the time “because the ceremony required a bishop assisted by 14 priests—more clergy than Bergenʼs fledgling Catholic community could provide,” according to Father Alois Brodersen, the parish priest.
Cardinal presides over 1st beatification in Vietnam (AFP)
Posted on 07/2/2026 06:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
An estimated 70,000 people attended the Mass, which took place in Cà Mau.
5 cardinals, including Cardinals Burke and Müller, reflect on extraordinary consistory (National Catholic Register)
Posted on 07/2/2026 06:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Cardinal Burke said that the cardinals were “certainly grateful” for the consistory: “we’re getting to know each other more, and that’s very great fruit.” He cautioned, however, that the cardinals “didn’t get to the heart of matters in depth,” and the reports of the discussion tables to the Holy Father included only statements to which the cardinals at the table unanimously agreed.
Prelates urge Poland, Ukraine to reject divisive rhetoric (OSV News)
Posted on 07/2/2026 06:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Calling for a “disarmament of language on both sides,” the prelates said that “it is even more painful that this is happening at a time when Ukraine continues to experience the horrors of war, and Poland has shown great solidarity with millions of Ukrainian brothers and sisters in recent years.”
DDF: SSPX bishops, priests excommunicated; SSPX priests' confessions henceforth invalid (CWN)
Posted on 07/2/2026 05:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
In a decree issued this morning, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith declared that the Society of Saint Pius X’s four new bishops, along with the prelates who consecrated them, incurred the penalty of automatic excommunication under the Code of Canon Law.
Venezuelan cardinals meet with Pontiff, discuss humanitarian needs following earthquakes (CWN)
Posted on 07/2/2026 05:07 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope Leo XIV received two Venezuelan cardinals on July 1, a week after earthquakes caused massive destruction there.
The SSPX Again Says No to the Catholic Church
Posted on 07/2/2026 00:01 AM (The Daily Register)
Jul. 2 Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
Posted on 07/2/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)